Lib Dem conference

Title

Lib Dem conference

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

19 Sep 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:17

Description

Max Cotton reports from the Liberal Democrat party conference in Glasgow, and on speeches by home affairs spokesman Alan Beith and leader Paddy Ashdown. Includes Lambeth delegate opposing the motion to cap the jackpot on the National Lottery and ban scratchcards; Beith criticising Home Secretary Michael Howard for undermining civil liberties, and on tackling homelessness, poor housing and unemployment; Ashdown stating he is both action man and superman, and hinting at deals on policy with Labour but not over hereditary peers and scrapping the House of Lords.

Contributors

Paddy Ashdown; Alan Beith; Max Cotton

Keywords

Labour Party; Housing; Political conferences; Unemployment; Political parties; Conferences; Homelessness; House of Lords; Civil and political rights; Liberal Democrats; Political coalitions; Glasgow; National lotteries; Michael Howard; Peers

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